The Senator representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has described as “Unfortunate” the Friday’s visit of seven governors of Northern extraction to Aso Rock. Reacting through his Twitter handle, the Senator said that visiting Aso Rock to ask the president to run for a second term at a time when the country is in turmoil is most unfortunate. The Senator said that they should have instead advised the president to put an end to the mindless bloodletting, describing the governors as lacking in human reasoning. This is coming a day after about 75 persons massacred by herdsmen in Guma Local Government Area of Benue on New Year day were laid to rest. Seven state governor had on Friday, visited the president to ask him to run for a second term in office. Speaking to the Press after the visit, the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, said that he had no regrets for the visit, describing it as a necessity. Other governors who were present during the visit include the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, Jibrila Bindo (Adamawa), Simon Lalong (Plateau), Abubakar Bello (Niger), Yahaya Bello (Kogi), Ibrahim Gaidam (Yobe). 
According to the Senator: “Seven Governors in the Villa asking President Buhari to run at this material time when all hands should be on deck to advice or support him to end the mindless bloodletting & carnage in the country is most unfortunate. Human reasoning and human conscience where art thou?”
Governor’s visit most unfortunate- Shehu Sani
This is our last battle; we will be finished politically if we lose – Amaechi.
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, has urged members of the Ikwerre Youth Movement to ensure that the current People Democratic Party’s government of Nyesom Wike is defeated in the forthcoming general elections.
Speaking at Isiokpo, Ikwerre Local Government Area during a reception organized by IYM in his honour, the Minister said that this is their last battle, stressing that if the Movement fails to chase away the current governor, they will be finished politically.
The Minister who is the founder and Grand patron of the movement said that 60 percent of his appointees came from the movement when he became governor in 2007.
Furthermore, he added that those who benefitted from the movement never went back to build it into a sustainable political force as it was envisioned.
He said: “When I became governor, I took 60 percent of my appointees from IYM because I thought that they will go back and build with you but they did not do that.
“The future of all of us is your hands. The president has said that there will be no more rigging, even if it means him losing election. So, the era of result writing is gone. Once you thumbprint, it will electronically appear in Abuja. That is why you must register and make sure your vote counts.
“People should go and register to vote. If you sell your vote, you have sold your power. If you you don’t have power, you don’t have a voice. If we lose, we are finished politically”
The Minister also said that to ensure equity and fairness, the Ikwerre ethnic group must ensure that others taste power at the state level.
“Ikwerre must give back power to others this time. We will vote out the current PDP government. When you win, I will host all of you”
The event had the Secretary To the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, who was represented by the special assistant to the president on social media, Lauretta Onochie in attendance.
Other dignitaries included the wife of the Minister of Transportation, Lady Judith Amaechi, the Senator representing Rivers East senatorial District, Senator Andrew Uchendu and the Director General of NIMASA, Dakuku Peterside.
The Minister who berated the Wike-led administration’s handling of security in the state said that those resident in the state should be free to sleep with two eyes closed, adding that it is the duty of the governor to secure lives and properties of the residents.
He said: “The responsibility of every leader is to keep his subjects alive. If there is no life, you will not find anyone to lead. If there is anybody on earth that said that I have ever sat with him to plan on how to kill people so as to win election, let him come forward”
He said that the people cannot continue to endure unemployment and poverty or else, the leaders will become the employment of the people.
In his opening remarks, the president of the movement, Mr. Azubuike Nwajoku said that the state needs peace and urged the minister to take the plights of the state to the president.
Abia state rejects cattle colony.
The Abia state Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has rejected the federal government’s plan to set up cattle colonies for cattle breeders in the state.
The Governor, in a press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Enyinnaya Appolos, stated that the state will not cede any part of its territory to Fulani cattle breeders for the federal government’s planned cattle colony.
According to the statement, the Governor said; “we reject any plan to establish cattle colonies for herdsmen in Abia State.
“We don’t have enough land for our agricultural activities and our people want more land.
“Giving away any part of Abia land as a colony to herdsmen, wherever they may be from, will be most unjust and unfair treatment to Abia State and her people who are largely farmers.
“Such alien land occupation will also cause unrest and crisis that may grow beyond what we can handle when it happens, so the best thing I think we should do is to reject such plans so that those behind it will know that Abia State is not party to it.”
The federal government, through the Minister of Agriculture had suggested the setting up of cattle colonies across the 36 states of the federation as a measure to put to an end the Herdsmen-Famers clash.
The minister, Chief Audu Ogbe, said that cattle colonies will help the government resolve the issue of killings between farmers and herdsmen.
This, was as a result of reactions following the killing of not less than 75 persons in Gumi local governments by the Fulani Herdsmen.
The Minister said that the cattle colonies when properly set up, will allow cattle breeders concentrate at a given place instead of wandering into locations that might cause clashes.
More states are expected to reject the Federal government’s plan.
I will enroll my son into public school by 2019 – El Rufai.
A day after the protest by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in Kaduna to stop the sack of over 21 000 Primary School Teachers by the Mallam Nasir El-Rufai’s led administration, the governor has said that the children of the poor have a right to descent and quality education.
Reacting to the protest by the NLC and the indefinite strike embarked by the Kaduna State chapter of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) in a televised broadcast on Friday, the governor said that his administration is determined to fix public education and raise their standards so that private education will only become a luxury.
He also decried the hypocrisy of some critics who want unqualified teachers to be retained, saying that many of them do not send their children to public schools.
A total number of 21, 780 teachers were sacked last year after they failed to attain the required cut off mark in a competent test conducted by the state government.
The effected teachers had on 15th December 2017, procured an injunction from the National Industrial Court to stop the sack.
A transcript of the broadcast read in part: “Many of the people who want us to retain unqualified teachers do not send their children to public schools”
”Many of the teachers in public schools send their children to private schools because they lack confidence in the schools that they teach”
”We denounce the hypocrisy of critics who send their children to quality private schools but argue for the retention of these unqualified teachers”
”We need to remind such persons that the children of the poor also have a right to descent and quality education ”
” We are determined to fix public education and raise their standards so that private education will only become a luxury”
”As we make progress, we require that our senior officials enroll their children in public schools”
“I will, as personal example, ensure that my son that will be six years of age in 2019 will be enrolled in a public school in Kaduna state by God’s grace”
”One of our goals is to ultimately have only graduates as primary school teachers”
”We will ensure that the National Certificate in Education (NCE) gives way to first and second degree as minimum teacher’s qualification”
Trump denies ‘shithole’ comment.
President Donald Trump has denied the reports making round that he described certain nations as “shithole countries”.
He said this in tweet on Friday after a meeting in which he rejected a bipartisan deal on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
“The language used by me at the DACA meeting was tough, but this was not the language used. What was really tough was the outlandish proposal made – a big setback for DACA!” Trump tweeted.
A spokesperson for the White House, Raj Shah did not deny the “shithole” remark earlier on Thursday when asked for comments. He said in a statement that Trump “is fighting for permanent solutions that make our country stronger by welcoming those who can contribute to our society, grow our economy and assimilate into our great nation.”
DACA protects hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children from deportation.
Trump on Thursday rejected a pitch from a bipartisan team of senators on a compromise immigration deal to protect DACA participants while increasing border security.
“Why do we want all these people from ‘shithole countries’ coming here?” Trump told senators in the Oval Office, according to a source briefed on the meeting. The Washington Post first reported on Trump’s comments.
Arsenal guns for Malcom.
Arsenal have scheduled a meeting with Bordeaux to discuss a potential deal for Brazilian forward Malcom, Sky in Italy are reporting.
The 20-year-old, who is also wanted by arch-rivals Tottenham this month, has emerged as an option to potentially replace Alexis Sanchez should he leave for Manchester City either this month, or in the summer.
French club Bordeaux are believed to value Malcom at over £40m, and he is also reportedly of interest to Bayern Munich and Manchester United.
Declare Miyetti Allah a terrorist group: South Group tells Buhari
A southern group has urged the Federal Government to declare Miyetti Allah, the organization of Fulani cattle breeders a terrorist group.
Speaking in Enugu on Thursday at an event to herald the beginning of mutual relationships between the South East, South South and South West titled “Handshake Across The Niger”, the group that comprised politicians, traditional rulers and other stakeholders from the three regions decried the kid gloves with which the Herdsmen menace is being treated.
They said that restructuring the country along regional lines will speed up development and bring to an end some of the security challenges facing the country, saying that Buhari’s anti-restructuring posture is worrisome.
This came on the heels of the Herdsmen-Farmers clash in Gumi LGA of Benue state where not less than 75 person were killed.
They warned that the country will be heading for disintegration if the country is not restructured along regional line before 2019.
Fayose berates Buhari for Ahmed’s appointment.
The Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose on Thursday berated President Muhammadu Buhari over the replacement of the former Director General of National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ambassador Ayo Oke with Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, a northerner.
In a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Public Communication and New Media, Mr. Lere Olayinka, the Governor said: “The President has further demonstrated to Nigerians that he is an unrepentant sectional leader, who does not care about the feelings of people from other parts of the country.
“With the appointment of Abubakar as the NIA director general, all heads of security agencies are now northerners and the question is: is this what those who ensured federal character in our constitution envisaged?”
“Seeing what President Buhari has turned the country to, the forefathers of Nigeria, who laid the foundation of the country on equity, justice and fairness will be lamenting wherever they are now.
“Ambassador Oke was removed from office the same day Babachir Lawal was removed as Secretary to the Government of the Federation. While Lawal’s replacement came from his home state, Oke’s replacement came from the north. That is unacceptable.”
Fayose, who reminded Nigerians of Buhari’s directive that the World Bank should shift its focus to the northern region, maintained that “because of the President’s nepotism, religious bigotry and favouritism, Nigeria is now more divided than ever before.”He said it remained on record that President of the World Bank Group, Jim Yong Kim, reportedly said that in his very first meeting with President Buhari, he (Buhari) said specifically that he would like the global bank to shift its focus to the northern region.
“President Buhari has consistently demonstrated that he is an ethnic champion, a religious bigot and the number one promoter of disunity in Nigeria. This he has done again with the appointment of yet another northerner as the NIA Director General.
“Even at a point, the National Chairman of the President’s party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun had to openly fault the appointments made by the president, saying that as many as three people were appointed from one ward in a local government in the north.
“The implication of what the President has done is that, when security council meeting is held today, apart from one or two insignificant people, those in the meeting will be people from one section of the country.
“Even para-military agencies are headed by people from President Buhari’s section of the country. This is unfair.” Fayose reminded Nigerians of his earlier warnings that President Buhari was operating as a president of the northern Nigeria only and the appointments made by him negated the principle of federal character.
“Those who argued then that the President made the appointments on merit should come to the open to tell Nigerians, especially those from the south that there is no one that merited appointment as director general of NIA. “Those politicians, who painted the picture of a changed President Buhari to Nigerians before the 2015 presidential election must have seen now that he (Buhari) can never change from an ethnic champion to a nationalist,” Fayose said.
Police deploys 4000 officers for Anambra rerun
About 4,300 police officers have been deployed for the Saturday’s Anambra central district rerun election.
This was disclosed by the Anambra State Police Commissioner, Mr. Garba Umar, during a press conference in Amawbia.
According to him, there are 1,448 polling units and at least three policemen will man each unit in the local governments involved.
The commissioner sent stern warning to any group nursing any idea that will be contrary to a peaceful exercise to reconsider such ideas or face the wrath of the law.
He equally maintained that there will be restriction of movements in the LGAs involved which he listed to include Awka North, Awka South, Dunukofia, Njikoka, Idemili North, Idemili South and Anaocha.
Part of the statement read, “The Anambra State Police Command wishes to inform the general public that the Anambra State Central Senatorial election is scheduled to take place on the 13th January, 2018 at 109 wards of the seven LGAs of the state.
“Based on the above, the command wishes to inform the public that there will be restriction of movement within the affected local government areas.”
“The police and other security agencies are ready to ensure that the electioneering and voting on 13th January, 2018 are conducted smoothly without public disturbance; and assure all political parties, candidates, supporters, including the general public of their safety throughout the period of voting and collation.
“Anambra State is known for peaceful conduct of elections; I urge residents to be peaceful and orderly on the election day”.
Reminded of a Federal High Court judgment on December 13 which pronounced Chief Obiora Okonkwo the senator of the district, Umar said, “Nobody has served us with any court order stopping the election.
“Besides, police don’t conduct elections. INEC conducts elections and the commission has informed us that we should assist them to conduct the January 13 election and we shall do.
“If anybody foments any trouble during the election, we shall decisively deal with such person or persons, no matter how highly placed.”
HOW TO GET THE BEST OUT OF YOUR SMARTPHONE BATTERY – PERFORMANCE AND LIFESPAN
Talking about smartphone battery, there are myths, controversies, facts, practical experiences etc. I have been asked a lot of times, what’s the best way to use your smartphone so the battery perform optimally for years? Well, that question doesn’t have a simple answer. I will debunk some myths, pull up some relevant facts and highlight major do’s and don’t’s. In other words, this will be based on practical experience backed up by few relevant facts. Before we get started, let give you some background information.
Before I became a smartphone enthusiast, I’ve already worked for years on solar energy, inverter and batteries. In fact, I have more than 10 years experience in that field. Maybe that’s why people keep asking me many questions about batteries thinking I know everything. Well, I don’t know everything but I have a lot of experiences to share with you. Having the reputation of destroying several smartphone batteries, I sure do have few do’ s and don’t’s that will interest you.
SMARTPHONE BATTERY – LITHIUM ION OR LITHIUM POLYMER
Like I promised earlier, I won’t bore you with facts. Lithium ion batteries are the older (technology) used in smartphones. They are cylindrical or prismatic cell, which have a rigid metal case. All those older and rigid removable batteries fall into this category. That said, there are still sealed batteries that are lithium-ion. With high energy and low self discharge, it is a very popular and cheaper option but there is are some disadvantages. Being sealed with (liquid) electrolyte, fast charging will short-circuit it or cause explosion. Now you know why older phones do not have fast charging functionality. Full details on Lithium-ion
Lithium polymer battery still uses lithium ion technology but the electrolyte is polymer instead of liquid. Polymer has it’s own advantages as it provides higher specific than any other lithium battery type. The main selling point of the polymer is light weight and flexibility of shape. More so, it’s safer to fast charging than lithium-ion batteries. Read more on Lithium polymer batteries as we move on.
Smartphone Battery – The Myths!
Seriously, am not going to dwell in the myths so long as I’ll burst most of them in the sections below. Let me highlight some of them
- Don’t charge your phone while you are using it
- Don’t charge your phone overnight.
- Allow your battery to fully discharge before you charge it.
- Use only out of the box charger to charge your phone or else you damage your battery.
- Turn off Wi-Fi to save battery
They are many, you can add yours in the comments section. Some of these myths could be true many years back but as battery technology evolved, most of these are truly myths right now!
Practices That Are Dangerous To Smartphone Battery
Having talked about myths, there are real life practices that are capable of damaging your battery.
#1 HEAT – There are several things that can cause that (as we explained later) but you have to avoid it.
#2 EXTREME COLD – This is as bad as heat. Remember if the the chemicals inside the battery freeze, it could completely alter the chemical reactions.
#3 TOTALLY DISCHARGE AND NOT CHARGED IMMEDIATELY – Newer processors can handle this better but it’s still a risk. There are days that your shinny smartphone could run out of juice. At 0%,there are few memory operations running in the background that use the battery power. So make sure there is an opportunity to charge immediately when your phone when it hits 0%. The longer a smartphone turns off at 0%, the more the opportunity of the battery draining to death (permanent damage).
#4 INFERIOR CHARGER AND POOR QUALITY CORDS – Be alert to notice when your phone takes more than normal time to charge. If it is not due to temperatures or running applications, then check the charger/cord. Am not an advocate of use only out of the box charger, I know by experience that inferior charger/cords can damage your battery more than you think.
#5 CONSTANT CHARGING AND DISCHARGING – This is generally inevitable but try to avoid multiple charging and discharging sessions with your smartphone in a day. Having worked with batteries for years, putting any battery through multiple charge/discharge session in a day reduces the life span of such battery. I won’t give you all the scientific reasons for that (which could be boring) but I’ve seen it happen through the years.
The Truth About Battery Saver Applications
This is part of the modern myth or should I call it marketing strategy? A battery saver user Application CANNOT DO ANYTHING MORE THAN YOUR OS IS CAPABLE OF! Don’t fall for the hype. Nevertheless, when given super user/system level access, few of them can add extra juice to battery life. Jail breaking in iOS or Rooting in Android could give that super access to such apps. It’s risky though and most of us don’t need it nowadays. Check out our Tips and Tricks section.
Do’s & Don’t’s + How to Get The Best Out of Your Smartphone Battery
As I said earlier, I’ve damaged several smartphone batteries and have use many well. This section will be based on practical day to day real life usage and experiences.
USE WI-FI NOT 3G/4G – I’ve heard this before but then I decided to test it out myself. My phone usually gives 6+ hours of screen-on time (SOT) if I use 3G/4G data through out but on Wi-Fi it records 8+ to 9+ SOT. That’s not all! The phone gets warmer with intensive use on 3G/4G but stays cooler on WiFi. This practically suggests that using Wi-Fi more on a smartphone will give you a better life span.
Feel Free To Charge Your Smartphone All Night, It’s Better! – This has been a major thought or myth as I’ll like to call it. About 10 years ago, inverters were designed to trip off charging when battery is full. Today, there are up to 10 stages of intelligent charging and battery management controlled by micro processors. It’s even better when we talk about smart phone charging. Nowadays, smartphone charging is controlled by very intelligent processors. They stop charging once battery hit 100% maintaining trickle current to keep the battery smiling.
The best time to charge your phone is the time you are not using it. Making overnight charging even a better option.
Charging (especially the common fast charging) heats up your phone. Adding intensive usage (like gaming, video processing etc) while charging is a death path to your phones battery life. I always advise using a smartphone that can carry you a full day and plug it in the night for another day’s action.
Finally on overnight charging, I also noticed from my test that my battery charged overnight lasts longer than the one I unplugged immediately it hit 100%. I recorded 7 hours SOT with 3G/4G and 10+ hours on Wi-Fi after overnight charge. That’s about extra 1 hour screen on time than unplugging immediately it hit 100%. I noticed this years back working on inverter batteries. Won’t go into details explaining this but trickle current adds extra juice as the whole true battery capacity is a little more higher than the ‘100% full’ level which is okay for safety. It’s like bending a gallon to add more liquid after it’s ‘full’.
Avoid Using Apps That Continuously Run On The Background.
The more you have them in your phone, especially the free ones, the more of your battery they consume. I had uninstall Facebook messenger on my Android as it never stays hibernated. Beware of free apps that promise a lot, they take more from your battery than they actually give. From monitoring your preferences, sending data to their server to loading your phone with adware, it tells on the battery on a longer run.
Discontinue Using Your Phone When You Notice It’s Very Hot – No matter the smartphone you are using, even if you are in the cloud 9 of your favorite game, give your phone 5-10 mins break once it becomes very warm. This also means no HEAVY USE WHILE CHARGING.
Test Your Charger/Cords After Months of Use – You don’t necessarily need to buy any extra accessories to do this. Several charging current apps can do this. They will tell you if your charger is giving the stipulated charging current. If it’s not, in most cases, the issue is from the cord due to wear and tear. Get another cord else change the charger.
Conclusion
This could sound funny but try not to use a smartphone more than 3 year… 😂 It starts getting boring after that!
Also learn to put your smartphone off! I don’t mean Airplane mode, I mean power off! If you can make it a frequent practice (which is very difficult nowadays) it helps give your phone a longer life span.
Credits: Smart Depot
